The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 9
עמוד 3
... nomenclature . However this is a Shaksperean error , - " Peter for the sake of metre . " - -P . Q. The Pen , so called in Persia . And his red crimson cloak seem'd a garment of fire B 2 3 Only think that a personage mighty and great, ...
... nomenclature . However this is a Shaksperean error , - " Peter for the sake of metre . " - -P . Q. The Pen , so called in Persia . And his red crimson cloak seem'd a garment of fire B 2 3 Only think that a personage mighty and great, ...
עמוד 4
William Henry Halpin. And his red crimson cloak seem'd a garment of fire , As he turned with good - humour'd surprise to admire The taste and the fancy and judgment displayed In our neat suite of rooms , for the purpose arrayed With ...
William Henry Halpin. And his red crimson cloak seem'd a garment of fire , As he turned with good - humour'd surprise to admire The taste and the fancy and judgment displayed In our neat suite of rooms , for the purpose arrayed With ...
עמוד 12
... fires each eye , When censure in her bitter sport Flings some poor brother " à la morte , ' 99 * " Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons quelque chose qui ne nous deplait pas , " says Rochefoucault , and I fear he says ...
... fires each eye , When censure in her bitter sport Flings some poor brother " à la morte , ' 99 * " Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons quelque chose qui ne nous deplait pas , " says Rochefoucault , and I fear he says ...
עמוד 18
... mirthful Prince His spirit glories to evince The soul of elegance and fire , Whose very sighs with grace respire , The airy sprite of whim and glee- The sheer " true prince " of drollery , That , in his own peculiar air , As in 18.
... mirthful Prince His spirit glories to evince The soul of elegance and fire , Whose very sighs with grace respire , The airy sprite of whim and glee- The sheer " true prince " of drollery , That , in his own peculiar air , As in 18.
עמוד 44
... fire " That has wakened the chords of his country's loved 66 ' lyre ; " That elastical spirit of song that has sent " Its breath of delight o'er the hushed firmament- " They were written , ( and mercy defend us from evil ! ) " As ...
... fire " That has wakened the chords of his country's loved 66 ' lyre ; " That elastical spirit of song that has sent " Its breath of delight o'er the hushed firmament- " They were written , ( and mercy defend us from evil ! ) " As ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
עמוד 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
עמוד 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
עמוד 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
עמוד 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
עמוד 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
עמוד 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
עמוד 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
עמוד 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.